'We've made it clear, after the horrendous Supreme Court decision, that this is going to be a city where women are going to have the right to choose,' Mayor Adams said. 'If someone comes from outside the city, they will be entitled to this same procedure.'
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Mayor Eric Adams appeared Thursday on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” to discuss his recent pledge to prioritize women’s health, beginning with a rollout of free abortion pills at the city’s sexual health clinics.
It was just really conversations with my sisters, my mother. Watching the women who were in my life, in one way or another, and just how unfair we have been toward women and their health care needs. And we want to take a real bold approach. Not only the abortion pill, but just really to redefine women, and their bodies, and the taboos that we've attached to them. And I think that has prevented really some of the adequate health care. And this is how many women have shared with me.
The Department of Health commissioner, Dr. [Ashwin] Vasan, they're going to list on the website all of the frequently asked questions, so people can know exactly how it's done. But it's going to be treated the same way we're using our 11 Health + Hospitals that's already in place. And traditionally it does not deal with no prescription. This is free for people, so they can get the necessary care if they're looking to terminate their pregnancy.
So is that part of your goal, in fact, to help contribute to abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, leading to it being severely limited in other states? That is the complexity of living in a city like New York in a country like America. Our goal is to make sure no one is harmed, no one is treated in an unfair way and we are going to continue to do so. We're not going to always agree with those who are marching in protest, but we are going to do it in a law-abiding way and that is what the New York City Police Department has been doing.
They can have this issue after childbirth, they can have this before childbirth. It can mean that they have trouble with incontinence. It can also mean that they're unable to experience sexual intercourse or even use tampons because their bodies are so tight, related to trauma or like I said, even childbirth. So it's a serious issue for women, it's extremely painful and it's super, super expensive to treat. Even with insurance, I spent thousands of dollars probably on this.
The summit is going to assist us in answering many of these questions, but the commission of Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, these medical topics are so far over my head, I cannot even begin to give good medical answers to them. That is why the experts are going to be part of identifying, with locations, how we're going to do these treatments, how we're going to incorporate it in our current system. That is the role of Dr.
Mr. Mayor, a couple of other things briefly while you're here, we've got about five minutes left. You've been lobbying Gov. [Kathy] Hochul and President [Joe] Biden, I see, to do more to ease the financial burden on the city of resettling so many asylum-seeking migrants.
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